beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1

: to make or perform by or as if by beating

2

: to mark or accompany by beating

3

: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even still, Womack narrowly beat out Moore in the midterm election Tuesday by about 6,400 votes, ending the Republican’s time in Congress after just one term. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

The Philippines was the fourth-biggest market for celebrity media impact value (MIV) at Paris Fashion Week, surpassed only by Thai, South Korean, and Chinese talent, and beating out the US and Japan. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

Pritzker beat out Republican challenger Darren Bailey to become the first Democrat elected to three terms as Illinois governor. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

And in Southern California, Democrat Marni von Wilpert beat out a Republican candidate for a new district stretching across San Diego and Riverside counties. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout